Unions, municipalities balk at cost-saving plan - MetroWest Daily News

Unions, municipalities balk at cost-saving plan MetroWest Daily News, MA - Jan 1, 2009 Health insurance costs for city and town employees increased 63 percent between 2001 through 2005, according to a 2005 survey by the Massachusetts Municipal ... Communities finding no savings with GIC The Daily News of Newburyport all 5 news articles
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The Doctor Is Out Forbes, NY - 21 hours ago Take Massachusetts . In 2006, the state mandated that individuals
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Where Have All the Doctors Gone? - New York Times

New York Times Where Have All the Doctors Gone? New York Times, United States - 3 hours ago The situation in Massachusetts should be a wake-up call. Since a landmark law was enacted in 2006 requiring health insurance for nearly all residents, ... PHYSICIANS AND PATIENTS GRAPPLE WITH ACCESS CHALLENGES National Center for Policy Analysis all 16 news articles
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Massachusetts Launches Health Care Cost, Quality Comparison
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A healthcare system badly out of balance - Boston Globe

A healthcare system badly out of balance Boston Globe, United States - 2 hours ago Call it the best-kept secret in Massachusetts medicine: Health insurance companies pay a handful of hospitals far more for the same work even when there is ...
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A: By far the best benefit at Elizabeth Christian & Associates Public Relations is the free health insurance. Elizabeth, who’s founder and president of the company, generously covers 100
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Future of Nation’s Health Care May Take Its Cue From Massachusetts - Workforce Management

Future of Nation’s Health Care May Take Its Cue From Massachusetts Workforce Management, Ca - Nov 11, 2008 “It’s worth noting that Massachusetts made the decision to go forward and expand health insurance coverage knowing they were not addressing the cost issue,” ...
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Earthtimes (press release) New Study Shows Half of Individual Health Insurance Policy Holders ... CNNMoney.com - 3 hours ago The findings appear in
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Brookline couple charged with health insurance scam (Boston Globe)

By Gabrielle T. Dunn, Globe Correspondent A Brookline couple was indicted today on charges they swindled $53,000 in health insurance from MassHealth over six years, the attorney general's office said. From 1999 through 2005, Joseph and Jila Youshaei allegedly applied...
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Reports: Mass. insured still struggle with costs SouthCoastToday.com, MA - 10 hours ago A poll by The Boston Globe and Blue Cross Blue Shield found that 97 percent of
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Small Business Is Latest Focus in Health Fight

Small Business Is Latest Focus in Health Fight. Massachusetts , in its widely watched effort to overhaul health insurance, has focused so far on making affordable coverage available to individuals. ...
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State plan changes minimum health insurance coverage standards. State Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes, a board member, worried that the latter regulation would steer people toward plans unapproved by Massachusetts ...
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Mass. proposes
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Working without a financial net

Working without a netLos Angeles Times, CA - 8 hours agoUnder Andrews-Clarke's employer-provided family health insurance policy, and under Massachusetts law, anyone covered by the policy who needed alcohol ...
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Employers Cope With Insurance Costs Worcester MA. “The whole objective was to lower the cost of health insurance in Massachusetts.” The Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation, a business-friendly policy group ...
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Southwest has highest uninsured. The report, "State, Regional,
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